Media give coach a break

Head coach Greg Robinson was available, but nobody really had any questions for him Monday during the Big East coaches teleconference call. That's what happens when you're a 1-6 team playing and out-of-conference game.

Robinson was asked to provide more details on the tape of a hit on Andrew Robinson that he felt should have been called a penalty - and indeed on replay looks like a blatant helmet-to-helmet shot; our photographer, Frank Ordonez, also caught a shot of the RU player putting his knee in Robinson's face as he got up, which could have been accidental - and sent into the Big East for review. He declined, saying simply that the BE would probably prefer that he not talk anymore about it but that he felt what he said Sunday about the hit was accurate. He was also asked about what makes RU tailback Ray Rice so good, but that questioned has been asnwered so many times by so many people, it is not worth repeating here again.

So, we are left with Greg's opening remarks on Rutgers and Buffalo:

On Rutgers: "I thought it was kind of tale of two cities. We came out of the blocks and took a 14-point lead, and I thought Rutgers did a good job of going back, they blocked a punt there in the second quarter and kind of really got the momentum to kind of swing their way. You know, we missed an opportunity down there to get some points right before the half ended, which I thought would have been helpful to us. We were driving the ball pretty good. And then we really just basically stalled out. I thought they were really able to late in the game kind of really work the running game, and then Ray Rice became a real factor in there, and I think that's what they do best."

On Buffalo: "In reference to Buffalo, you know, it's a game that . . . here they are right down the road from us. We know that coming to play in the Dome is going to be a big thing for them. I think it's great that here are two teams from New York playing. We look forward to getting out there with them. They just had a big win last week, and we know they're going to be revved up, so we better have our team revved up, as well."

When informed there were no further questions for him, Robinson said: "That's music to my ears. Thank you very much. Thank you."